Robert Munro

Born on July 21, 1835, in Assynt, Ross-shire, Robert Munro was educated in the Highlands before studying at the University of Edinburgh. He graduated MA in 1860 and later qualified in medicine, working as a general practitioner in Kilmarnock until 1886.

After leaving medical practice, he devoted himself to archaeology and anthropology. He became especially known for his work on prehistoric lake dwellings and for a series of books that explored early life in Scotland and across Europe, including Ancient Scottish Lake Dwellings or Crannogs, The Lake Dwellings of Europe, and Prehistoric Scotland and its Place in European Civilisation.

Munro was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1891 and later lectured in anthropology and prehistoric archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. He died on July 18, 1920, but his name remained closely linked with archaeological study there through the Munro Lectures.